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title: Exporting CMDB
slug: helium-en/exporting-cmdb
description: Learn how to export a group of configuration items in XML format with this document. Register the group of configuration items, access the "Export CMDB" option in the main menu, and the system will export the database information in XML. Discover the new 
createdAt: 2021-10-19T00:16:10.000Z
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This functionality is intended to <font color="#2166ae">**export the information of a group of configuration items in XML**</font>.

## Before getting started

- [x] It is necessary to register previously the group of configuration items.

## Procedure

1. Access the functionality through the main menu `Processes > Configuration Management > CMDB`;
2. Click on the last icon of the first line of the screen and after that click on "**Export CMDB**";
3. The system will export the information of the database in XML.

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🖊 <u>**Novelty**</u>**:&#x20;**&#x54;o this new version, it was created the **parameter 440**, which should be used whenever the user wants to inform the minimum amount of registries that the system should execute the export in the background.
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